Union County Fair Entries: Submitted online through FairEntry
by Wednesday, June 21 at 4:00 pm.
Schedule
2023 Jr Fair Supplement
Union County Fair is fast approaching! Details about the Union County Fair will be sent out in a 4-H Family Newsletter (Coming in July) to all 4-H Members. A Livestock Exhibitor Update (Coming soon) will be emailed to Livestock Exhibitors giving details on the Online DUNF instructions, Barn Pass Information, Arrival Times, and specific information regarding species. Please read through this email carefully for full details.
Thank you Union Rural Electric for sponsoring
all of the Jr Fair Ribbons!
Pre-Fair Judging Schedules:
Judging for the following project areas will take place in the Armory at the Union County Fairgrounds. Plan on arriving no more than 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time. If you WILL NOT be present for your scheduled judging time, please call the OSU Extension Office at 937-644-8117 to ask to be removed from the schedule
- Food and Nutrition Judging – Wednesday, July 19
- Shooting Sports – Wednesday, July 19
- Clothing Judging – Thursday, July 20
- Special Interest Project Judging – Thursday, July 20 (Tentative Projects to be Judged: Discovering 4-H, Family History, Home Living, Natural Resources, Quilting, Scrapbooking, Self-Determined, Shooting Sports: Safe Use of Guns, Basic Archery)
- Special Interest Project Judging – Friday, July 21 (Tentative Projects to be Judged: Cake Decorating, Companion Animals, Creative Arts, Engineering, Healthy Living, Leadership, Photography, Self-Determined Creative Arts, STEM, Vet Science, Woodworking, Writing)
2023 Union County Junior Fair Schedule
Union County Fair July 23 – 29
Saturday, July 22
6am – 1pm Sheep and Goats Move In
6am – 5pm Swine move in
8:00 am Horses must be in place for vet check 1:30 pm Sheep & Goats Barn Meeting, 2 pm Weigh-In
5:00 pm Registration: Horse Judging/Team Tournament/ High Point
5:00 pm Horse Judging Contest
6:00 pm Swine Weigh-In, Barn Mtg. at 5:30
7:00 pm Horse Opening Ceremonies
6:00 – 8:30 Equine Ambassador Interviews, location TBD
Sunday, July 23
6am – 11pm Steer, Dairy Feeder, and Dairy Move In
9:00 am Sheep Showmanship and County Born and Raised Classes
9am – 11am Rabbits Move in
10:00 am Horses – English Show
11:15 am Rabbit Barn Meeting and Weigh-in & Pictures
4pm – 7pm Poultry Move-in 4:30 pm Royalty Crowning (Arena)
5:00 pm Sheep Market Show
7:15 pm Poultry Barn Meeting and Weigh-in & Pictures
Monday, July 24
9:00 am Rabbit Skillathon- Juniors (Armory) 9:30 am Rabbit Skillathon – Inter & Seniors (Armory)
10:00 am Mkt Beef & Dairy Feeders Weigh In & Pictures
(Barn Mtg at 9:30)
10:00 am Chicken Show: Market Chicken Classes, Chicken Showmanship, Exhibition Chickens (Rabbit and Poultry Bldg.)
10:00 am Horses – Western and Driving Show
11:00 am Swine Skillathon (Armory)
12:30 pm Dairy Skillathon (Armory)
1:30 pm Dairy Judging Contest
5:00 pm Horses – Cowboy Challenge
6:00 pm Swine Showmanship / CBR Classes
Tuesday, July 25
8:00 am Rabbit Show (Showmanship, Breeding, Market)
9:00 am Poultry Skillathon, Juniors (Armory)
9:45 am Poultry Skillathon, Inter. & Seniors (Armory)
10:00 am Dairy Show
11:00 am Sheep Skillathon (Armory)
12:30 pm Goat Skillathon (Armory)
2:00 pm Horses – Ranch Pleasure/ Performance Show
1:00 pm 4-H Style Review (Armory)
2:30, 3:30, 4:30 Special Interest Awards (Armory)
Projects for each time TBA
6:00 pm Swine Market Show (released at show conclusion.)
Wednesday, July 26
9:00 am All hogs not in the Livestock Sale or being sent on packer truck are to be off the fairgrounds
9:30 am Beef Skillathon
10:00 am Walk/Trot Versatility
11:00 am Turkey Show – Market and Showmanship
12:00 pm Horses – Jr/Sr Versatility
2:00 pm Horses – Ride and Drive Versatility
2:30 pm Waterfowl – Market, Showmanship, Exhibition Classes followed by Overall Poultry Showman of Showmen
4:00 pm Beef Showmanship, Dairy Feeder Show: Showmanship followed by Market Classes
5:00 pm Horses – Championship/Ambassador
7:00 pm Horse Fantasia
Thursday, July 27
9:00 am Goat Show: Showmanship, Breeding, CBR
10:00 am Horse Demonstration Contest
1:00 pm General Livestock Judging
1:00 pm Horse Groom and Clean Team Tournament
5:00pm Goat Show: Market Goat Classes
7:00 pm Rabbit, Poultry Released (Must be off fairgrounds by 9pm Thursday
Friday, July 28
10:00 am Horse Fun Show
1:00 pm Horseless Horse Show
2:30 pm Poultry & Rabbit Skillathon Awards 3:00 pm Dairy, Beef, Goat, Swine and Sheep Skillathon Awards
5:00 pm Beef Breeding, Beef Feeder Calves and Market Beef Show
6:00 pm Horse Awards Banquet
7:30 pm Showman of Showmen Exhibition
9:00 pm Sheep, Goats, Beef and Dairy Feeder Non-Sale Animals Released; Must be off fairgrounds by 8 am
Saturday, July 29
8:00 am Horses dismissed, off grounds by 10 am
10:00 am Livestock Sale
4pm -5pm Special Interest Projects Released
Please remember to thank your buyers!
2021 Union County Fair King & Queen:
Matt Millen & Isabella Rausch
Royalty
To be considered for fair royalty, download and complete the application.
Qualifications Include:
- An active member of a 4-H or FFA club/chapter.
- 16-18 years of age (as of January 1st of the current year).
- Enrolled and an ACTIVE MEMBER in their respective organization for at least 2 years.
- Must complete all Application Requirements and prepare a 3 – 5 minute presentation.
- All former Union County Junior Fair Kings and Queens are ineligible to compete.
Livestock Sale Schedule
Online Checkout through Richwood Bank – allows you to donate specifically to any of our Junior Fair exhibitors.
The Junior Fair Livestock Sale will be conducted on Saturday, July 29 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The sale will include these projects, in this order:
- Dairy Products
- Dairy Feeders
- Market Ducks
- Hogs
- Market Turkeys
- Market Goats
- Market Lambs
- Pen of 3 Market Rabbits
- Market Beef
- Pen of 4 Broilers
Only Grand and Reserve Champions will be run through the sale. The rest of the exhibitors shall be present to walk thru the sale without their animals.
Thank you to Paradyme Medical Services & Streetwise Motors for sponsoring the Jr. Fair Scale!
Thank you to our 2023 Belt Buckle Sponsors!
Burns Maple Syrup
Dr. Gary & Nancy Bowman
Newforce
Dianna Collins
Carter Johnson | GCJ Technology
Todd Ferguson
Gary Norman
Jessica Wells
John Cook
DeKalb
In Honor of Megan Bowsher by the Carmen and Bowsher Families
Thank you Hall’s Filling Station & Hall’s Property Services LLC for sponsoring the Chapman Beef Barn Awards!
2023 Jr Fair Committee
Thanks for all your work and dedication!
| 2023 Jr. Fair Committee | 2023 Jr. Fair Committee Continued | ||||
| Sara Quick/Chair Swine | 937-789-3698 | s.quick114@gmail.com | Lynn Vollrath/Poultry | 937-313-4578 | Lvollrath1@gmail.com |
| Eric Burns/C0-Chair Sheep | 937-537-0816 | amerburns@gmail.com | Brian Phelps/Beef | 937-313-3396 | brian@preferredlogistics.com |
| Jim Rings/ Beef | 614-329-4686 | ringsd@msn.com | Matt Hobbs/Beef | 937-537-6242 | hobbsfarm1@hotmail.com |
| Wayne Dellinger/extension | 614-203-4426 | dellinger.6@osu.edu | John Cook/Dairy | 937-537-0215 | atfd450@yahoo.com |
| Christy Leeds/extension | 937-243-0272 | leeds.1@osu.edu | Chris Nicol/Dairy | 614-207-9855 | cnicol@dublin.oh.us |
| Shane Griffey/Swine | 937-707-7597 | samwyatt26@aol.com | Julie Ziegler/Dairy | 614-579-2180 | 6zieglers@gmail.com |
| Andy Partee/Swine | 614-813-8127 | Partee_andy@yahoo.com | Brian Wilson/Sheep | 614-554-5790 | wilsonbw4430@gmail.com |
| Dain Bruns/Poultry | 614-361-6234 | dain.bruns@gmail.com | Laurie Reidman/Swine | 714-315-9110 | agrox98@gmail.com |
| Mike Vollrath/Poultry | 937-313-4578 | vollrathmike@gmail.com | Rob Scholl/Swine | 614-296-9082 | Rlscholl@aol.com |
| Dr. Marty Masterson/VET | 614-563-2587 | Marty Masterson | Justin McCreary | 937-243-6115 | mccreary_justin@yahoo.com |
Livestock Sale Records
| Grand Champion Rabbit – Pen of 3 | ||||
| 2020 | Gage Wilson | Bob Chapman Ford, Union Propane | $ 4,000.00 | |
| Reserve Champion Rabbit – Pen of 3 | ||||
| 2020 | Isabelle Roush | Bob Chapman Ford, Davis Seed-Tyler Warwick, Weeks Plumbing, Richwood Bank, Union Propane, Hogan Tire & Service | $ 2,200.00 | |
| Grand Champion Pen of 4 Meat Chickens | ||||
| 2021 | Megan Vollrath | Guider Winkle Partners, Inc. | $ 6,000.00 | |
| Reserve Champion Pen of 4 Meat Chickens | ||||
| 2021 | Lauren Hall | North Main Motors | $ 2,500.00 | |
| Grand Champion Market Turkey | ||||
| 2021 | Rylan Gabel | Chapman Ford | $ 3,800.00 | |
| Reserve Champion Market Turkey | ||||
| 2021 | Parker Fannin | Guider Winkle Partners | $ 2,100.00 | |
| Grand Champion Goat | ||||
| 2020 | Hailey Dee | HER Realtors and Central Ohio Realtors, Richwood Bank, Union Propane, Impace Crushing, ABIS-JH Ward Agency, Weeks Plumbing, WF Farms, Cross Creek Homes, Ward Builders Group, John Henry & Angie Ward | $5,469.45 | |
| Reserve Champion Goat | ||||
| 2021 | Libby Ramge | Bluebird Retirement Community | $5,700.00 | |
| Grand Champion Steer | ||||
| 2021 | Camdyn Burns | Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs Honda Marysville & Leon’s Garage Stait & Lamp Lumber Company Richwood Bank Shanklin Enterprises Chapman Ford Green & Sons, LTD Goodwin Services Alloy Employee Services Alloy Employee Services Tom Shanklin Gerten Farms Applied Electric CCFS Jim & Heather Holland | $40,000.00 | |
| Reserve Market Steer | ||||
| 2021 | Sienna Hutchins | Shaklin Enterprises Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs Goodwin Services Applied Eletric Weeks Plumbing Scotts MiracleGro Company Union Propane Destiny Angus Farm | $13,000.00 | |
| Grand Champion Dairy Feeder | ||||
| 2021 | Sydney Nicol | Hogan Tire & Service Phleps Farms, Inc. Tom Nicol Union Propane | $4,000.00 | |
| Reserve Champion Dairy Feeder | ||||
| 2016 | Caleb Nicol | Union Propane | $7.50 | |
| Converted Record | $3,720.00 | |||
| Grand Champion Market Gilt | ||||
| 2017 | Leighann Shanklin | Honda Marysville, CCFS, Goodwin Services, Sam Jackson Auto Body | $ 8,000.00 | |
| Reserve Champion Market Gilt | ||||
| 2021 | Christian Luke | Guider Winkle Partners, Inc. Pebble Construction LLC | $5,400.00 | |
| Grand Champion Market Barrow | ||||
| 2021 | Riley Wendt | Honda Marysville & Leon’s Garage | $7,100.00 | |
| Reserve Champion Market Barrow | ||||
| 2018 | Grant Dellinger | Mixins and Fixins, Steward Seed | $3,400.00 | |
| Grand Champion Market Wether | ||||
| 2020 | Cori Lee | John Hinder Honda, Marysville Honda | $6,760.99 | |
| Reserve Champion Market Wether | ||||
| 2020 | Lincoln Heard | Green & Sons, LTD | $4,676.25 | |
| Grand Champion Market Ewe Lamb | ||||
| 2020 | Hannah Sullivan | Bob Chapman Ford, Union Propane | $5,604.07 | |
| Reserve Champion Market Ewe Lamb | ||||
| 2021 | Aubrey Moser | Honda Marysville & Leon’s Garage | $4,000.00 | |
| Dairy Products | ||||
| 2010 | 12 Exhibitors | Gary Lee & Others | $ 7,199.36 | |
| Grand Champion Market Duck | ||||
| 2021 | Shelby Jones | $3,000.00 | ||
| Reserve Champion Market Duck | ||||
| 2021 | Caleb Rice | $ 3,000.00 | ||
Buyer Levels
Premier Platinum: $20,00 or more
- Honda Marysville & Leon’s Garage
- Union Propane
- Strait & Lamp Lumber Company
- Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs
Platinum: $7,000 to $19,999
- Chapman Ford
- Green & Sons, LTD
- Guilder Winkle Partners, Inc.
- ASE Feed & Supply
- Goodwin Services
- Pebble Construction LLC
- New Reflection Counseling Center
- Hogan Tire & Service
- Richwood Bank
- Russian Fellowship Grace Baptist Church
- Merchants National Bank
- Gerten Farms
- Bluebird Retirement Community
- Shanklin Enterprises
- Tom & Sarah Vollrath Family
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
- Jeff & Laurie Reidman
Gold: $3,000 to $6,999
- Stewart Seed/Aaron Boerger Dealership
- Preferred Logistics
- North Main Motors
- Weeks Plumbing
- Shcheiderer Transport
- Applied Electric
- Union Rural Electric
- Memorial Health
- Kimberly Kampers
- HER Realtors and Central Ohio Realtors
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- VFW 3320
- Trapp Family Farms
- ABIS-JH Ward Agency
- Marysville Primary Care
- Poet Grain, LLC
- Premier Assets LLC & Mihalic Associates & Auctioneer
- Conrad Leibold Woerner & Co.
- Phelps Farms, Inc.
- Eufinger Law Offices
- WD Excavating
- CCFS
- Chuckery Farms
- Union Co Ag Society
Silver: $1000 to $2,999
- Hillview Farms
- Warwick Seed
- Parrott Implement Co.
- Woodside Vet. Hospital
- Midway Market
- Rings Family Farms
- Union County Commissioners, Elected Officials & Tracy Richardson
- A G Boogher & Sons
- Lee Farms
- Tom Shanklin
- Bowman Family Farm
- Dean Cook Insurance
- B R & J Farms Ltd – Joe Young
- Ag Pro
- Smart Oil
- Marysville Dairy Queen
- Liberty National Bank
- Bane-Welker
- Mark Wolfe – Seed Consultants
- First Federal Community Bank
- JAG Farm
- Farm Credit Mid America
- Andy Weeks Construction
- Wingfield Farms
- Kerri & Darlene Grant
- Bergman Farms
- Union County Foundation
- Spartan Insurance
- Destiny Angus Farm
- Madison Fields Solar Project
- Jeff Wilson & Associates
- Vandre Professional Properties, LLC
- OSU Large Animal Services
- Scheiderer Plumbing and Heating
- LeVan’s Excavating
- Union Co Fraternal Order of Police
- Jenny Phelps
- Mike Vollrath
- New York Life
- Jeannie Thompson Farms
- Heritage Cooperative
- Burns Farm
- Jamie Patton
- Mixins & Fixins
- Cardinal Construction Service
- Stillings Trucking & Grain Hauling
- Welker Vet Services
- GF Logic LLC (Grand Family)
- Funderburgh Ag Services – Pioneer Seeds
- Darby Creek Farm
- Clarridge’s Discount Septic
- Custom Hauling
- McCullough Plumbing LLC
- Pathways Credit Union
- Martey Masterson, DVM
- McGuire Ag
- Bodey Insurance
- Jim & Heather Holland
- Tom Nichol
- Alloy Employee Services
- Jeffrey Himler, DDS
Bronze: < $1000
- JCW Farms Partnership
- Chrisanmel LLC
- Leeds Farms
- Dave Burke
- Lloyd Helmuth
- Slemmons Excavating
- Johnson Genetics
- Mark & Nancy Seger
- Wilson National
- Blumenschein Farms Ltd
- Underhill Family
- MLA Trucking
- Eda’s Italian Ice
- Cory Cook
- The Headings Family
- Kuhlwein Farms
- Marysville Moose Lodge 1651
- Skylight Financial Group
- Bill Keck for Marysville School Board
- Nestle PTC
- Cryder Family
- Marysville Fence
- Sandy’s Pool Service LLC
- Americas Trusted Ins. Group
- Calvin Low Freezer Beef Sale
- Ken Hughes
- Adam & Laura Goodwin Family
- RB Equipment Auction Time
- Kuhlwein Propane
- Johnston IT – HD Security Cameras
- Holbrok & Manter CPA’s
- Marysville Lions Club
- Vallery Family Farms
- Davisson Family
- Justin Frey
- MS Owens and Sons Farms LLC
- George & Sandy Burns
- Sexing Technologies Ohio Heifer Center
- Select Sires
- Village Mart
- Derek & Brigit Nicol
- Greg & Marti Dellinger Family
- Melanie and Jeff Ziegler
- R.E. Skillings
- Tracey Richardson for State Representative
- Ken Stiverson
- Syngenta Crop Protection
- Gregg & Marilyn Fogle
- Der Dutchman Restaurant
- Fissel Floor Covering
- Dave Campbell Crop Insurance
- Bill & Gail Keck
- Bluegrass Farms of Ohio
- Mechanicsburg FOE #3974
- Aaron Hanselman, Attorney at Law
- Buckeye Cropcare
- KMW2
- Piper Contracting
- Wingfield Animal Clinic
- Nick Scheiderer
- Brian Phelps
- John & June Seymour
- Integrated Ag Services
- Mark & Chris Sayers
- Nutrien Ag Solutions
- Farmers National Company
- Ron & Cheryl Leeds
- Richard Carpenter
- Vollrath Farms
- Dr. Ken Weitzel Pediatric & Adolescent Dentistry
- Burns Family
- CLC Club Lambs
- Lucas Raush Trucking LLC
- Homan, Inc.
- Locin Farm LLC
- Metzger Family Farms, LLC
- Mill Creek Insurance Agency
- The Bleyle Family
- Rick & Diane Hampton
- WF Farms
- Stillwater Mums, LLC
- Sorensen Insurance Agency
- Tom and Kelly Brickey
- Arran and Laruen Schultz
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